This season, UNM baseball catcher Mitchell Garver’s walk-up song to the batter’s box was David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance.” By the looks of the season, that was about the only dancing UNM would do.
UNM engineering professor Chaouki Abdallah was appointed University Interim Provost on Monday. University President David Schmidly announced Abdallah’s one-year appointment, which begins July 1. “Professor Abdallah will bring exciting new perspectives and energy to the provost’s position, as well as expertise gained during his long tenure of work at UNM,” Schmidly said.
“Define the moment, or the moment will define you” is something Danielle Castro’s father always tells her.
If you have a college degree and a six-figure income, chances are you’ll live longer than someone who doesn’t.
UNM Professor Christine Sauer was presented with the Presidential Teaching Fellow Award on Wednesday at the SUB. Sauer, who teaches economics at UNM and serves as the director of the International Studies Institute, said that she hopes to make international programs a larger focus for the University.
UNM President David Schmidly said that faculty members’ concerns about salary and benefits are not unique to UNM, and any university facing budget cuts is in the same situation. “Whenever there are big budget reductions, there are going to be tensions — they go hand in hand,” he said.
Living within walking distance of The Pit and other UNM sports fields keeps residents close to the action, but they say it’s a double-edged sword. UNM alumnus Scott Murphy lives about two blocks south of The Pit, and he said he deals with myriad problems from people leaving the arena after events. “There is a strong liquor culture here,” he said.
Albuquerque citizens gathered Saturday at the Alvarado Transportation Center to celebrate the past and future of public transportation for city’s first Train Day. People toured the inside of the Rail Runner and an Amtrak Superliner. Train Day has been celebrated nationally since 2008, but this is the first year Albuquerque participated. City Councilor Isaac Benton, who also works with the Middle Rio Grande Regional Transit District, said he is intrigued by trains’ efficiency, romance and sheer power. “The country was really built by rail,” he said. “Our city, our downtown didn’t exist until we brought rail here.” Before Albuquerque became a metropolis, it was a small, rural community in 1880, said Steven Bradford, of the New Mexico Steam Locomotive and Railroad Historical Society. He said trains helped Albuquerque grow into its present form.
The best works by UNM student filmmakers will be on display at the Guild Cinema on Wednesday and Thursday. The Cinematic Arts Student Showcase is a free annual event and has a program every day, each featuring about 15 students, according to Deborah Fort, an associate professor with the department and the coordinator of the showcase.
Well, it’s finals week again. The way I see it, you don’t need more encouragement or stress-relief tips.
Editor, I’d like to inform your readers about a new resource on the Daily Lobo website. Throughout the year, the Daily Lobo has tried to get the UNM administration to release an electronic copy of the UNM salary book.
Editor, When I read Thursday’s paper I was mad. To see people get upset about a political cartoon, really?
Editor, It is interesting to watch the spectacle unfold in the wake of the cartoon depicting President Barack Obama as Rafiki from the movie “The Lion King.” I believe that there is more to this than may initially meet the eye of the common reader. The editor-in-chief was seemingly forced to apologize, talk to the “African-American community” (whomever that may be) and spark a training forum for “sensitivity training.” Why? Is the cartoonist implying that Obama is equivalent to a chimp?
Swing, strike, sit was the theme of the weekend for Air Force — except for three innings. The Lobos completed a sweep of Air Force on Sunday with a 16-4 win at Lobo Field, but they couldn’t record three straight shutouts. Starting pitcher Rudy Jaramillo blanked the Falcons 5-0 on Friday, and pitcher Jake McCasland followed suit on Saturday, helping the Lobos to a 10-0 win and their first back-to-back shutouts since 1983. The UNM bullpen dominated AFA, but head coach Ray Birmingham bemoaned his team’s inconsistency.
In keeping with tradition, the photo issue is published on the last Friday before finals each semester. Starting last semester, the nature of the biannual issue shifted from photographical montages to visual storytelling. The photo stories within these pages depict the lives of those who walk the UNM campus. Their ambition, dedication and passion for what they do add to the multiplicity of those who teach, learn and live within the UNM community.
African American Student Services gathered outside Mesa Vista Hall on Wednesday to protest what it said was a racist depiction of President Barack Obama in the Opinion section of Tuesday’s Daily Lobo. AASS student employees Christina Foster and Kyran Worrell spoke to a crowd of about 30 people about the illustration, which parodied a scene in “The Lion King.” The original scene showed a monkey, Rafiki, holding baby lion Simba over a cliff.
Beekeepers, firefighters, security personnel and Physical Plant Department technicians gathered Wednesday morning in the R parking lot to deal with an unusual problem — a swarm of bees. The swarm gathered on a dark green truck parked near Coronado dorm.
For most, people-watching is a way to enjoy a lazy afternoon, but for some UNM students, it’s a subject to be studied. The archeology of walking is a course on the study of people-watching.
Six intricately carved horses pull a miniature painted wagon past meticulously constructed old-time refreshment stands — all beneath a brilliant circus canopy. The outside walls are adorned with vintage signs sporting ads like “Pennzoil – Safe Lubrication,” “Beware of Dog,” “Coca Cola,” and “Panhandle 10 miles, Conway 19.” Welcome to Tinkertown Museum, a zany collection of trinkets and art nestled in the sleepy East Mountains.
It was Saturday afternoon. I was chillin’ on the couch at a friend’s place, watching a James Bond spoof flick.
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